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motivating

[moh-tuh-veyt] Origin

mo·ti·vate

[moh-tuh-veyt]
verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.
to provide with a motive or motives; incite; impel.

Origin:
1860–65; motive + -ate1

mo·ti·va·tor, noun
de·mo·ti·vate, verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.
de·mo·ti·va·tor, noun
non·mo·ti·vat·ed, adjective
re·mo·ti·vate, verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.
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un·mo·ti·vat·ed, adjective
un·mo·ti·vat·ing, adjective
well-mo·ti·vat·ed, adjective
COLLAPSE


induce, move, provoke, prompt, cause.

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Word Origin & History

motivate
1885, "to stimulate toward action," from motive (q.v.), perhaps modeled on Fr. motiver or Ger. motivieren. Related: Motivated; motivating.
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